Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Ferrifronsidae

Full reference: G. Arratia and J. Chorn. 1998. A New Primitive Acanthomorph Fish from the Greenhorn Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Nebraska. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):301-314

Parent taxon: Acanthomorpha according to G. Arratia and J. Chorn 1998

Sister taxa: Aipichthyoidea, Dalgoichthys, Euacanthomorphacea, Lampridacea, Omosomopsis, Oncolepis, Paracanthomorphacea, Polymixiacea, Polymixiiformes, Protriacanthus, Pseudotetrapterus, Spinocaudichthys, Xiphopterus

Subtaxa: Acanthichthys

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Type: Acanthichthys

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Schram Quarry ( of Nebraska)

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